On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Matt Plahtinsky<[email protected]> wrote: > Here is a list of some of my most used tools.
Many of those are on my list, too. :-) > GParted Live - Resize partitions > http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php I use SystemRescueCD (http://www.sysresccd.org/) which includes parted, gparted, and a bunch more. > HDClone Pro - Hard Drive cloning tool > http://www.hdclone.com/ PartImage and ntfsclone, two partition imaging/cloning tools, are also included on SysRescueCD. > JKDefrag-3.36/MyDefrag-4.0 - Hard Drive Defrag program > http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/ New website: <http://www.mydefrag.com/> > Sysinternals - An sysadmin's best friend > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx Indeed. In particular, Process Explorer. Stop guessing why someone is complaining "my computer is slow" and actually *know*. > Lua BugLight - For finding out where a program hangs with it run under > restricted mode. > http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2006/08/07/LuaBuglight.aspx Newer release: <http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2008/11/06/lua-buglight-2-0-second-preview.aspx> > Belarc Advisor - Audits installed software, list keys, hardware, Microsoft > patches, ect and generates a report. *** this tool is for home use only > according to their website **** Using Belarc Advisor for business purposes is a violation of their license agreement. I presume you like to be paid for the work you do, and get mad when clients stiff you on payment. Perhaps you should extend the same thoughts to your suppliers. > DBAN - Securely wipes hard drives to DOD standards > http://www.dban.org/ FYI, current DoD standards do not permit software-based destruction methods. But DBAN is still a useful tool for wiping "business data". > If you have some tools that you use a lot please share. All "free" tools: UnxUtils Common Unix commands and utilities, ported to Win32 <http://unxutils.sf.net/> Notepad++ Lightweight but full-featured Windows-style text editor <http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/> 7-Zip All purpose archiver/compression tool Handles most archive formats (PKZip, RAR, MSFT CAB, many SFX EXEs, tar, gzip, etc.) <http://www.7-zip.org/> WinDirStat Very good disk space usage visualization tool <http://windirstat.info/> FileZilla Client GUI FTP/SFTP/SCP client <http://filezilla-project.org/> CDBurnerXP Lightweight and user-friendly CD/DVD authoring/burning Now available as an MSI Get rid of that Roxio/Nero bloatware <http://cdburnerxp.se/> ORCA MSI/MST editor Not much good for on-the-spot fix-it jobs, but great for deployment engineering Unfortunately, you have to download the whole damn Windows SDK to get it <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370557(VS.85).aspx> WinDbg Windows debugger Can sometimes tell you what driver causes a STOP bluescreen <http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx> Not really sysadmin things, but worth mentioning: GIMP Bitmap/raster graphics editor Useful for manipulating screen captures Also for dealing with photos users want something done with Also pranks Not as slick as Adobe Photoshop, but a lot cheaper <http://www.gimp.org/> Inkscape Vector graphics editor Useful for network/equipment diagrams and such Not as slick as Visio, but a lot cheaper <http://www.inkscape.org/> Firefox Combined with various extensions, best web browser out there <http://www.mozilla.com/> -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
